CatEye
HB-100
Computer

Product Description

The HB100 offers a full-function cycle computer and heart rate monitor in one easy-to-use design. Features such as Current Heart Rate, Average Heart Rate, and Upper and Lower Limit signals provide some of the best heart rate training information available. Included with the owner's manual is a section on basic heart rate training. This information can be used for everything from helping you to win the local bicycle race to riding to lose weight.

Strengths: Like other Cateye products this HRM is simple to use.Works well. Sometimes I found interference in the proximity of electrical fields or when riding near people with other brands HRM. Wireless sensor is confortable, easy to disassemble and can be found several wear components to substitute, like the elastic straps.

Weaknesses: Two major ones; the two buttons have a tendency to stick after some use, mainly the left button, the one you use most.The major weakness is that CatEye people didn´t think about how to input odometer old values, like when you change bateries. I like to check regularly total Km but with this unit this value is not reliable.

Strengths: Works great, never had any problems at all. It's even still on the original batteries after 2 years and over 7000km. It's nice to be able to change batteries instead of just replacing the strap. The stra

Weaknesses: Could use a night light, and a dual wheel size switch.

Bottom Line:

This thing works great, doesn't take up that much space considering. It's also dirt cheap. It does everything advertised, I just don't have to think about it.

After one year of almost daily use, I say with confidence the following things: 1.) Heart-rate strap is not ergonomically designed (read sharp edges) and likes to bite into your rib cage. 2.) It has behaved reliably but the buttons tend to stick and resist being pushed at all from time to time.3.) The bulky unit on my handlebars has almost been sheared off several times, like when I go too fast (kidding!) but it has a dorky look to it.4.) I enjoy having a heart-rate monitor yet trying to get service info is almost impossible, Cat Eye is based in a foreign land with no tech suppost in the US (or Canada apparently.) Distributors of Cat Eye computers are equally lost.5.) Next time around, I'll go Polar. In the meantime, it's still working...

Strengths: Integrates HRM and computer into one unit. Good value, especially compared to separate units.

Weaknesses: HRM only worked for 4 monthsPoor aerodynamics on handlebar mount

Bottom Line:

HRM began to blink off and then eventually stopped all together. New batteries did not help. Also reset buttons sometimes stick. I have used Cateyes on all the family bikes for years. This product sucked and I had no company to deal with in Canada, just a uninterested distributor. I am looking at buying another brand because I liked the HRM while it was working

Great cyclocomputer with lots of goodies, for instance the pulsemeter. The pulsemeter sensor can be disassambled in parts and the battery easily switched, no need to buy a complete new sensor as in most other meters (read Polar). The wireless pulsemeter is somewhat sensitive to electric fields like from high-voltage cables and stuff, but it works ok. Sort off. The two buttons have a tendency to stick or get stuck if one crashes with the computer in a mudhole. A thorough rinse with water usually fixes this, but it will never be as when it was new. The wheel sensor is quite big, and it makes me wonder when I will snag it in the brush and snap it off. Hasn't happened tey but...